The Sith’s dark machinations threaten to escalate the Second Galactic Civil War to an uncontrollable rate. With an endless galaxy of possibility ahead of them, will the Sith rule the galaxy, as they have before? Or can our exiled heroes band together to resist the rising darkness? Join in as I read Legacy of the Force: Exile!
When Darth Sidious, then known as Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, was plotting the downfall of the Republic, he secretly controlled both the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Having a Sith in charge of both sparked the rise of the Galactic Empire, which led to a Galactic Civil War. Now, the Sith are working to control both major political factions in the galaxy, the Galactic Alliance (via Jacen Solo) and the Corellians (via Dark Lady Lumiya). Jacen is giving information to Lumiya from the Galactic Alliance, who is feeding it to the Corellians. She is sparking further antagonism by stoking the Commenor system and Bothans against the Alliance as well. Jacen is bringing the war effort, on behalf of the Galactic Alliance, hard on the Corellians, prompting praise from Cal Omas. Omas hopes that Jacen would be promoted both within the Alliance and the Jedi Order, but Jacen’s promotion within the Jedi is blocked by Luke Skywalker.
Maybe more dangerous for the galaxy than the Sith’s control of the government is the Sith’s attempted control of the hearts of her people. Jacen and Lumiya are determined to find out whether or not Ben Skywalker is a candidate for Sith apprenticeship, as he has been assigned to Jacen as a Jedi learner. Jacen assigns Ben a task of finding the legendary Amulet of Kalara, which has been seen on the formerly Sith world of Ziost. The amulet reportedly has the power to make the wearer disappear to other Force sensitive beings, and would be a huge asset to the Sith. On Ziost, Ben discovers a Sith meditation sphere known as Ship, which he uses to escape the planet. He is able to resist the call of the Dark Side that Ziost offers him, and he resists being turned into a new Sith apprentice. Lumiya begins to remind Jacen he must make a sacrifice in order to join the Sith, and Ben is starting to look like the best candidate for that.
As the Sith machinations work themselves out across the galaxy, the rest of the heroes of the Alliance find themselves scattered. While they don’t know it, their paths are destined to meet at the Star Destroyer-turned-casino Errant Venture. After Wedge Antilles publicly disavows the Corellians and their discussion, he, Han Solo, and Leia Organa Solo are all in exile. The Millennium Falcon needs repairs, so they find refuge with Booster Terrik aboard the Errant Venture. They figure out who tried to perform a coup on Corellia, which had the aim of making the Corellians even stronger against the Alliance. While the heroes find themselves on the run, Jaina finds herself in the middle of a love triangle. She is assigned to work with Jag Fel, who has offered to help Luke. Zekk and Jaina have been working to find Alema Rar, who is on board the Errant Venture. Rar escapes from the ship, but the heroes find themselves all together again.
The alliance, led by Corellia, meets with loyalists to the cause, looking to create a new Confederacy that would oppose the Alliance. Lumiya and Alema are present, and they duel Luke and Leia with sabers and lightwhips, which allows an undercover Jacen to disappear. Jacen’s turn to the Dark Side is almost complete, and as Lumiya survives, she pushes the young Jedi into his final steps on to the Dark path….but first he must ask: what is he willing to sacrifice?
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